Border czar Tom Homan announced that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested 308 illegal migrants.
Homan said the individuals arrested are “serious criminals.”
“Some of them were murderers. Some of them were rapists. Some of them raped a child,” Homan said.
“ICE is doing their job,” he added.
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Boom! Tom Homan announces that ICE has already arrested 308 violent criminal illegals. Homan is targeting the “worst first” but if you’re in the country illegally, you are eligible for deportation. Leave now. pic.twitter.com/jVlzVlIa0H
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) January 22, 2025
From the New York Post:
Homan has vowed to restart immigration raids under Trump, including in sanctuary cities.
ADVERTISEMENTIn an earlier interview with The Post, Homan emphasized that even without the help of sanctuary city and state leaders, the feds would still “wait ’til they get out of jail, then we’ll go out into the neighborhoods and get them.”
Homan has said that ICE officers have compiled a “target sheet” of the illegal migrants with criminal records who they’re looking to arrest and deport.
“So, they’re out there right now looking for the most serious public safety threats and throughout the country, we’re putting them back to work,” Homan said of ICE.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration is taking measures to seal off the southern border from illegal crossings.
Border agents have been barred from releasing illegal migrants into the country, forcing them to hold and deport border crossers, Homeland Security sources told The Post.
“Promises made, promises kept! The Trump Administration’s first full day of ICE enforcement was larger than any day in four years of the Biden Administration,” Sen. Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL) said.
“Today, ICE made 308 arrests of illegal aliens in our nation’s interior—even with the frigid temperatures. These arrests were nationwide in every area of interest and included several murderers, rapists, sex offenders, and kidnappers. ICE also went to jails and ordered almost 300 additional aliens to be released to ICE custody rather than our nation’s streets. Common sense is back,” she added.
Promises made, promises kept!
The Trump Administration’s first full day of ICE enforcement was larger than any day in four years of the Biden Administration.
Today, ICE made 308 arrests of illegal aliens in our nation’s interior—even with the frigid temperatures. These arrests…
— Senator Katie Boyd Britt (@SenKatieBritt) January 22, 2025
Per Newsweek:
Homan also said that apprehensions at the southern border had fallen to 766 in the last 24 hours. Those numbers could not be immediately confirmed.
ADVERTISEMENTWhite House press secretary Karoline Leavitt previously told Newsweek that Trump will carry out “the largest deportation operation of illegal criminals, drug dealers, and human traffickers in American history while simultaneously lowering costs for families.”
The acting director of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a directive Tuesday ending the policy that ICE agents would not conduct actions in or near “sensitive” areas, such as churches, hospitals, or schools.
Schools and churches are concerned over the policy shifts targeting undocumented immigrants in sensitive locations.
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